I got mine because I couldn’t read the blackboard despite sitting in the front row. I think that means I only noticed I needed glasses because I was already a geek — which might explain part of my refusal to get contacts despite many people telling me to as a teenager.

And now that I know I *can’t* wear contacts, we have entered an era where some people wear fake glasses. I like to think of it as a karmic reward for resisting peer pressure.

I got my glasses because I got dizzy every time I sat on a swing. No, really. My mother is a orthoptist (basically, a specialist working with eye-doctors) and has a professional focus on those kind of things, so the first conclusion is usually “they need glasses”. In my case, it turned out correct. In my brother’s case, it turned out he has dyslexia and the glasses were neither necessary nor helpful.

Exactly the same story here. Front row, couldn’t see jack (first mildly blurry, then foggy) – eventually I realized I -might- need glasses. Once I did I liked how I looked with them, so no matter how many people (mother included) tried to sway me to get contacts, I stood firmly by my glasses. 16 years later history has proven me right.

That probably doesn’t work for stronger prescriptions (last time I asked, contacts simply weren’t an option for me). Or immediately (how long does it take from realizing you want contacts to actually getting ones that are right for you?)
Or are you suggesting that they were wearing contacts under those glasses all along?

Makes men look more… refined. Intellectual even. Weather or not that is hot depends on the type of girl you’re trying to attract. Then again I’ve had some really trashy girls fawn over me (note: I wear glasses) – just goes to show tastes can vary wildly even within distinct social groups.

I know for a fact that I am not the only person out there who was disappointed when Westley from “Angel” switched to contacts in the later seasons. I mean, Alexis Denisof is hot regardless. But with glasses? Oh yes please! 😀

Well, just because he’s not part of the subculture doesn’t mean he can’t be attracted to members of it. Some geek guys go for cheerleaders and some geek girls will go for jocks; I don’t see why Danny can’t be attracted to geek girls without being one himself.

I was at a very geeky burlesque show at Hal-con like that. Guy comes out, black dress pants, black dress shoes, high-collared, snug, long black trench coat, firmly buttoned, black fedora, and one of those medieval bird-like doctor’s masks. And I’m, like, “Ooh, baby, yes!” And he takes off the trench, but it’s okay, he has a black dress shirt, tie, and vest, but because this is a burlesque show, nope. “Fine, but leave the hat on–nope.”

“Okay, the mask, at least? PLEASE leave the mask on? You are hitting every one of my fetishe–nope.”

I mean, it was a burlesque show. I knew what to expect. But I was still soooo disappointed, lol.